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About

I am a nationally certified, licensed acupuncturist and herbalist with a strong focus on manual therapy and biodynamic craniosacral therapy, which I studied in depth while obtaining my Master’s degree (2003) at the highly regarded New England School of Acupuncture(NESA) in Boston, Massachusetts, the first acupuncture school in the United States (1975). NESA remains one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the field.

In 2017, I was chosen by Expertise as one of the top 20 acupuncturists in San Francisco.

I am licensed to practice in both California and Massachusetts. My first year of practice was in Brookline, MA, and on staff as an Acupuncturist at Pathways, a public health acupuncture clinic in Boston. At Pathways, I also worked on a research project looking at the effects of the relaxation effect and acupuncture in patients with HIV.

Upon moving to San Francisco in 2004 and starting my private practice, I worked as an Acupuncture Shift Supervisor and Acupuncturist at Quan Yin Healing Arts Center in San Francisco, a public health clinic. For the following three years while also in private practice, I volunteered at Charlotte Maxwell Complimentary Clinic, a volunteer-led program serving low-income women with cancer (primarily breast cancer).

I was chosen by the California Acupuncture Board to be a Subject Matter Expert in the development of the state acupuncture licensing exam. I continue to be involved with Exam Development and now have worked with the Board since 2009.